Timothy Pachirat, a doctoral candidate in political science
seeking to understand the normalization of violence in society and
who wrote a book titled Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized
Slaughter and the Politics of Sight, took a job at a
slaughterhouse in Omaha, NE. In this article, Mark Bittman, refers
to Pachirat as he exposes one of the main reasons to reduce or
eliminate animal products from one’s diet: animal suffering. In
regards to eating meat Pachirat stated, “It’s just not worth the
pleasure when you know the system.”

God’s
farmed animals endure unimaginable abuse at factory farms and
slaughterhouses around the world; and still most people around the
world still support the meat, egg and dairy industries. I think the
main reason is that these industries are doing everything in their
power to keep people disconnected from their food choices and to
keep the suffering of animals hidden from the public. However, the
victimization of God’s animals is being exposed like never before,
and Christians are now faced with the choice of supporting cruelty
or embracing compassion and justice. It’s a choice we have to make.